Annual Progress Reporting Form for the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) Program

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Annual Progress Reporting Form	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
1820-0655 30_Day_Federal_Register_Notice.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2017-10-03	Repair queued
Supporting Statement OMB 1820-0655 2017.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2017-09-27	Repair queued
1820-0655 2017 Data Collection Side-by-Side Comparison 7-2017.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2017-07-14	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
185744	Annual Progress Reporting Form	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1820-0655	ICR Reference No: 201707-1820-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201408-1820-005
Agency/Subagency: ED/OSERS	Agency Tracking No: ED-2017-ICCD-0105
Title: Annual Progress Reporting Form for the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/30/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/03/2017
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2020	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2017
Responses	88	0	85
Time Burden (Hours)	968	0	1,063
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) will use this data collection form to capture the performance data from grantees funded under the American Indian Vocational Rehabilitation Services (AIVRS) program (CFDA # 84.250). RSA and ED will use the information gathered annually to: (a) comply with reporting requirements under the Education Department General Administration Regulations (EDGAR) 34 CFR part 75.118, (b) provide information annually to Congress on activities conducted under this program, and (c) measure performance on the program in accordance with the program indicators identified in the Government Performance Result Act (GPRA). The proposed changes to the existing form will improve user friendliness, clarity of data questions, and accuracy of data reported. Since the ED no longer collects data regarding common measures, the entire section of the report that collects this data is deleted, further reducing burden. These revisions are not significantly different from the original collection, but are proposed to provide clarity, consistency, and usability. In many areas, the data element language has been modified with direct language instead of passive terminology.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 741 Name of Law: Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 33487	07/20/2017
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 46043	10/03/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Annual Progress Reporting Form	NA	AIVRS APR

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	88	85	0	0	3	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	968	1,063	0	-95	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: This information collection includes a program change decrease of 1.5 burden hours per respondent from 1,062.5 hours for 85 AIVRS grantees to 968 hours for 88 AIVRS grantees. The burden hour reduction is due to in many cases revising data fields for clarification with direct language and the elimination of the section that requested data regarding “Job Training Common Measures” since the Department no longer requires the collection of such data. We estimate with these adjustments the number of hours per response will decrease from 12.5 to 11. There is an adjustment increase as the number of grantees has increased from the previous collection submittal by 3.5%. In the previous collection, there were 85 grantees responding, but currently there are 88 grantees reporting. Even with this increase, there is a significant decrease in total burden hours. The estimated number of proposed responses multiplied by the response burden hours follows: Responses: 88 Burden Hours: 11 Difference in Current OMB inventory: 1.5 burden hours

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $55,147

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 10/03/2017

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